The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-26
NEW NIAlrINsvILLE NEWS.

A Cosby ard Readable Lottor from tho
@ n s wotzol Capital.
Special Correspondence Of tht Esttlliceneer.
NV MARrlSsyILLE, W. Va, Dec. "a
There seems to DO more money in general
circulation and moro buying Of Injuries
and fancy preaenta for tho approaching
holidays than there has been here for sew.
eral Year,, and larger stocks are carried
by the local chop keepers than ever before.
Some one ASSERTED In the daily Register
ust aitor the big fire OF September II,
that this town was pa.alyzed. In face OF
this Mr.. @. O. Essnbarth has erected a
handsome brick dwelling and business
house and has opened out larger and
Bner atock Of groceries and Confectionerles
than was ever carried by any one In this
place before. r. 7. Richardson, the pop.
ular druggist, Is In bis new brick building
and stocked up fully with everything
usually kept In a frat class drug store"
Both thoae buildinga are In tho burned
district. Dir. Justus Eakin, who now
owns the lots on which the Ko.zebue.
CLARK building stood, will erect large
three story building next summer with
store roomn on the ground floor, fine
''city hall" on the second floor and lodge
rooma on the third floor. 1t will be the
handsomest building In the county.
The projected railroad up Big Fishing
creek from this place to tho Harrison
county coal fields will, II located here,
give au additional boom to our town. We
are all In favor Of 1t and will aid its con-
atruCtion in substantial manner. It
would pay Wotzsl county TO give one hun
drsd thousand dollars to tho proposed en-.
terprae.
Some ill.disposed person fred q shot
through the window Of ]. L. Hart at his
residenco last Thursday evening. Whether
the assaasin intended to kill or simply to
scaro Is hard to tell. .5A
| The Koontz brothers, together with a
Mr.. E. T. Phillips, have recently ,pur-
chased large tract OF timber land In Jack
son county, this State. They intend to cut
the timber into lumber Of all kinds for
the market. sn..-E
Mr.. and Mira. G. W. Kotzsbue, OF Ravenp.
| wood, are here for the holidays, Waiting
Capt. Basil T. Bowers. ~
Mrs. Judge Steady and daughter, Eliza
Steady, have gone to Washington, D. c.,
where they will visit friends until after
the holidays. --,.
his confidently expected that Mr.. Cyrus
Mccormick, the popular young merchant
OF Sistersville, will visit our town Christ.
mas day.
We have just learned that on Thursday
morning last while the family we're at
breakfast tho house Of Mr.. Joseph Elliott,
OF this county (some four miles from town.
took fire and wss totally consumed. Moth.
ing WAS saved but one feather bed and
buresu. Mr.. Elliott came here from Hsr.
rison county, Ohio, and is a highly 70.
spectsd citizen. The loss will fall heavily
on him in his advanced age.
Miss Ella Bandi is GtilI In Pittsburgh
visiting friends. She will likely stay
there until next summer. =
Aliss Tilis Loreutz, Of Benwood, is yiait.
ing her uncle, MI. j. O. Duerr, OF this
place. r=I,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fl. Sharp attended the
Reynolds-R!der wedding at Williamstown
last Thuraday. The groom, Rev. Mr.. Rey-
nolda, is. OF the NJ. E. Church South, and
was stationed here for three years, where
he vas highly esteemed. The bride, Miss
Bird Rider, II one OF tho hsndsomest and
most cultured Of the young ladies' Of Will
Jamestown, and 10 astaunch member Of the
NJ. L. Church, in which church she has
been en- active worker and the organist for
several years. We opine tnst Rev, Mr..
Reynolds, may Though the influence OF his
new wife fnd q hone in the old NJ, l.,
Church before long.
All OF the Sabbath Schools here give en-
tertalnmenls on Saturday evening, and
give the children presents.
This community Ia unusually healthy
at this writing, and the doctors 20 around
the streets looking glum.
Heary Koontz will resign his Office on
the first OF tho year and take charge of
the Ohio River Railroad depo! here in
place Of his brother, Jacob Koontz, who
will hereafter give his entire attention to
bis rapidly growing timber and lumber
interests.
Its stated this morning that the Wet
zel Hoaee will change hands about the
first OF the year. Mr.. Albert Michel will
then assume control In place Of Mr.. Ds.
ken. -0''I'z
Rev. Mr.. Hammond will, after tho holi.
daye, take charge as Principal OF the High
School in order that Prof. Umstead, who
il in poor health, may have q much
needed rest for short time.
Wetzel Lodge No. 80, A. F. and A. NJ,
on last Tuesday evening elected the fol-
lowing officera for the ensuing Masonic
year: 7. P. Jacoba, W. NJ; Robert Nc.
Eldowney, Sr. W; James Bishop, Jr. W.;
=. B. Hall, Secretary, and Jus!us Eaken,
Treasurer.
a. R. Campbell, Esq, State Agent for
the Northwestern Life Insurance Com.
pany, was here last week and with the as.
distance OF Frank D. Young, local agent.
wrote mn 8 larcs 1mnunk nf liie iuurronna